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Bring vs Pour - What's the difference?

bring | pour |

In transitive terms the difference between bring and pour

is that bring is to raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody while pour is to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

As an interjection bring

is the sound of a telephone ringing.

As a noun pour is

the act of pouring.

bring

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bringen, from (etyl) ).

Verb

  • (lb) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
  • * {{quote-book, year=a1420, year_published=1894, author=The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, by=(Lanfranc of Milan)
  • , title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie." , chapter=Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone, isbn=1163911380 , publisher=K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, location=London, editor=Robert von Fleischhacker, page=63 , passage=Ne take noon hede to brynge' togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne ' brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.}}
  • *
  • At twilight in the summeron the floor.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=5 citation , passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’
  • * {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian
  • , title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?, newsfeed=true , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.}}
  • To supply or contribute.
  • *
  • *:“it is not fair of you to bring' against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without ' bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • (lb) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}
  • To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
  • * (John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • It seems so preposterous a thingthat they do not easily bring themselves to it.
  • To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
  • (lb) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
  • Usage notes
    Past (brang) and past participle (brung) and (broughten) forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from "bring") * bring about * bring around * bring back * bring down * bring forth * bring forwards * bring home * bring in * bring it * bring it on * bring off * bring on * bring out * bring round * bring to * bring to light * bring up * inbring * outbring

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopeia

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The sound of a telephone ringing.
  • pour

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pouren, . Displaced native Middle English schenchen, ).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it.
  • To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
  • * The Bible, 1 i. 15.
  • Ihave poured out my soul before the Lord.
  • * The Bible, vii. 8
  • Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • London doth pour out her citizens!
  • * (John Milton)
  • Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand?
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country.}}
  • To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
  • * A. Pope
  • Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?
  • To flow, pass or issue in or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours.
  • * Gay
  • In the rude throng pour on with furious pace.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 8, author=Chris Bevan, work=BBC
  • , title= Arsenal 1-1 Leeds , passage=In a breathless finish Arsenal poured forward looking for a winner but Leeds held out for a deserved replay after Bendtner wastefully fired wide and Schmeichel acrobatically kept out Denilson's rasping effort}}

    Synonyms

    * (pour a drink) shink, skink

    Derived terms

    * pourable * pourer * pouringly * inpour * outpour * pour one's heart out

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pouring.
  • Something, or an amount, poured.
  • * 2003 , John Brian Newman, B. S. Choo, Advanced concrete technology: Volume 2
  • Over this time period, the first concrete pour has not only lost workability but has started to set so that it is no longer affected by the action of a vibrator.
  • (colloquial) A stream, or something like a stream; especially a flood of precipitation.
  • A pour of rain. --Miss Ferrier.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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